On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 10:38 PM, smplx wrote: > You are free to become a PICLIST admin and help direct it's course. Or > you > could set up your own mailing list and let your subscribers do anything > they want on it. > > But think on this: if the only people who are allowed to post on your new > list are professionals with lots of experience, where are all the > interesting thought provoking threads going to start. I mean, it's all > well and good people asking "what chip has these markings" or "recommend = a > PCB fab" but I can't see an expert asking "how to measure the current > flowing into a battery" and things like "cutting a coke can" would be too > off topic to even consider. > > The PILIST is what it is because of ALL its subscribers. It's not just th= e > intelligent professional responses that make the list an interesting plac= e > to lurk, it's also the "stupid" questions that provoke these responses. > > Regards > Sergio Masci > Exactly. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .